Private sector pay bargaining, an increase in the voluntary Living Wage, the launch of new trade union Fórsa and a Code of Practice on Longer Working are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Ireland in the first
New research from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found that the rate of workplace injuries in Ireland declined between the start of the boom and the peak of the recession.
Joint labour committees (JLCs) were reinstated in January 2014 by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, following an extensive review of the committee system.
Following the financial collapse of Allied Irish Banks (AIB [1]) in 2009, the Irish government took control and now owns 99.8% of the bank. In early 2012, AIB and the Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA [2]) entered a mediation process at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC [3]). [1] http://www
A new book has discussed how human resource management in Ireland has reacted to the economic crisis. It shows how HR has managed to retain its ‘soft side’ – tactics aimed at motivating staff through encouragement and positive communications.
In June 2012, Ireland’s state-owned national bus service provider, Bus Éireann [1], which employs around 2,700 people, announced that it needed to make savings of €9 million by 2013. As part of its business recovery plan, the company proposed the elimination of overtime, shift and rota allowances